Stacey Richter
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Stacey Richter is an American
writer of short fiction. Richter has been the recipient of four Pushcart Prize
s, a National Prize for Fiction and the National Magazine Award
. Her first collection of stories, My Date with Satan was published in 1999. In 2008, Richter published her second collection, Twin Study, which includes the Pushcart Award-winning story "The Land of Pain".
Richter was born in Maryland in 1965, the daughter of Valerie and Herschel Richter, a cardiologist. She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona
. Richter earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley
and a Master's in Creative Writing from Brown University
. She has resided in Tucson since 1992.
United States
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writer of short fiction. Richter has been the recipient of four Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
s, a National Prize for Fiction and the National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
. Her first collection of stories, My Date with Satan was published in 1999. In 2008, Richter published her second collection, Twin Study, which includes the Pushcart Award-winning story "The Land of Pain".
Richter was born in Maryland in 1965, the daughter of Valerie and Herschel Richter, a cardiologist. She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. Richter earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
and a Master's in Creative Writing from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. She has resided in Tucson since 1992.
Works
Story collections- Twin Study, 2008 ISBN 978-1582433936
- My Date with Satan, 1999 ISBN 0684857014